James arkell



J. ARKELL MACHINE FOR MAKING'PAPER TUBES,8(G.

No. 74,190. Patented Feb. 11, 1868.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIGE.

JAMES ARKELL, or OANAJOHARIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF, BENJAMINSMITH, AND ADAM SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR mAxmmlznnznlurnshaemmm Specification formingpart ofLetters Patent No. 74,190, dated February 11, 1868.

Tooll whom it may concerm.

'Be it known that' I, 'JAME's-ARKELL, of. Oanajoharie, in the countyof-Montgomery and State of New York,have invented-a new and ImprovedMachine for the .Manufacture of Paper Tubes; and that the-followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingshereinafter referred to, forms a full, and exact specification; of. the

same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my saidimprovements, by which my invention may be distinguished-from all.others of a similar class, together with such me by Letters Patent.

parts as I claim and desire to have secured to.

This invention'relates to a new and .Jim

the bottoms of the bags to. complete the same.

being afterward and separately performed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side sectional viewof my invention, taken in the line to as, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a'

plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a'transverse vertical section ofthe same, taken in the line 3 3 Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a transverse verticalsection of the same, takenin the lineaz 2,

Fig. 1; Fig. 5, an enlarged view'of the-past ing apparatus, Fig. 6, adiagram, showing The way in which the paper or other fabric is creasedand cut, in order that the bottoms of the bags may be formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate like A represents the frame of themachine, which may be constructed in any proper manner, to support theworking parts; and B is a shaft, having a circular flange, a, near eachend.

The paper to. be operated upon (shown in red) is rolled upon the shaftB, between the two'flanges a a, in a continuous roll, and the shownclearly in Fig. -1.

'f The roller D has an india-rubber or other suitable'flexible covering,1), on one end of it, and this flexible covering works over a serpaperpasses. around tensiou-rollers-GiD E, as

rated or n'dtched wheel, F, which is on the in ner end of a small shaft,G, the bearing cof the latter being at the upper end of a lever,

H, by adjusting which the wheel F, may be made to press against. oneedge of the paper to be pasted, or not, as occasion may require.

-(See Fig. 5.) I represents whatl term aformer, composed of a metalplate, fitted in the frame A, and curved or. bent in such a manner-thatone part,,d, will havea horizontal position, and the other part,e,extend'up with a gradual curve toward the top of frame A, I

the part c gradually contracting in width from its upper to its lower.end, where the-part d commences. '(See Fig. 2.) The former I .is

supported in the frame A by rods .J J J, the. upper ends of whichareattachedto the upper part of the frame A, and the lower ends attached tothe former. These'rods J are each, composed of two parts, connected bya. screwswivel, by which they may be lengthened or shortened, and theformer I adjusted higher .or lower, or more or less to the right orleft,

as occasion may require. To the upper part of theframe A there are alsoattached two pendent bars, K K, having small arms f pivoted to theirlower.ends,said arms having springs 9 attached, with .roller's h]: attheir ends. The rollers it hot the springs g of each arm f are parallelwith each other, and the paper to be operated upon passesduwnfinm theupper tension-roller E underneath the curved part c, and is foldedupward atcach side, and fitted between the rollersh h of each armf,as-shown clearly in Fig. 3. L L repre sent two adjustable blades, whichare con I nected at one end to the frame A by pivots i, which passthrough oblong slots j in the blades. '(See-Fig. 3.) The opposite endsof the blades are connected by rods M to the up- ,per part of the frameA, and pass through plates is thereon, and have screw-nuts l on theirupper ends, by turning which the inner .ends of the blades may beadjustedhigher or lower, as desired. Thesabla'desLL as'sistiin theadjustment of the plates n, as the edgesturning over the paper on theupper surface .{of the part d of the former. N N are two ver racks0,-into which lips 10 on theouter endsof the levers P catch or engage,as shown in 'Fig. 1.

By this adjustment of the shafts N N, a greater or less degree ofobliquity may be given the arms 0, according to the action the platesnare required to have upon, the edges of; the paper, in order to insnreaneven lap and a smooth, perfect seam.

This desirableend is still further insured by oflithe paper may be drawnmore or less to the right or-left, as occasion may require; and in orderto avoid friction, plates of glass or othersnlooth, hard material maybeinserted in the part d of the former, directly underneath the plates a.(See Fig. 2.)

Q Q represent cylinders, placed one over the other in the same axialplane, and connected at one end by gears q q. The upper cylinder Qhas-three longitudinal and parallel grooves, r r r", made in it, (seeFig. 4,) connected at their ends by oblique grooves 88,,

and two cutters, t t, are inserted in said cylinder, said cutters beingparallel with each 0ther, and'at the inner ends of the oblique grooves ss. The lower cylinder Q has three bars, a a a, fitted in its peripherylongitudinally and parallel with each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and atsuch points that when the cylinders Q Q! are rotated the bars a u u willenter the grooves r r r and crease the paper, as

therein. These cylinders also serve to draw the paper through themachine. At the discharge end of the frame A there are two horizontalknives or cutters, R R, the former, B, being fixed or stationary, andattached to upright bars '0 c on theframe A. The other knife or cutter,R, is secured to the outer end of a plate, S, which is fitted upon orsecured to a rock-shaft, T, having a pendant, U, attached, in the lowervend of which there is a friction-roller, w. (Shown clearly in Fig. 1.) Vis a driving-shaft, placed in the frame A, and having a cam, W, upon it,.on'which the friction-roller w bears, and is kept in contact with it bya spiral spring,'X, connected with the plate S, as shown in Fig. 1.- Yrepresents a loop or guide, through which the paper passes as it comesfrom the cylinders Q Q.

This loop or guide is at one end of two bars,

' paste.

a a, the opposite ends of which are secured by bolts b. b to the innerend of the plate S. These bars a a/ are pivoted to the upper ends ofuprights e 0 on. theframe A. The cam W 'is formed of a circular plate,having a projection, d, on its periphery, which, as the cam rotates,strikes the friction-roller w at every revolution of the cam, and raisesthe outer end of the plate S, causing the knife or cutter R,

as it passes the cutting-edge of the knife or cutter R, to sever thepaper;

Each time the cutter R rises,'the loop or guide Y also rises, and takesup the slack in the paper caused by the momentary stoppage of themovement of the paper beyond .the cylinders by the action of the cutterRL This is an important feature of the invention, as it insures aperfect continuous feed of the paper over the former.

One edge of the paper is gummed while passing between the notched wheelF and the flex- 'ible covering b on the roller D, the paper beingpressed into the notches in the wheel, and drawing the paste out, fromthem by suction.

.It will be understood, of course, that the :wheel F rotates in apaste-receptacle, and the notches become filled in passing through theThe pieces of. paper, as they are cut'ofl' by "the knives or cutters RR, are folded at the creased and cut end, to form the bottoms of thebags, as will be understood by referring to Fig. 6.

Having thus I described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent--- 1. The notched. and laterally adjustablepaste-wheel F, in combination with the elastic covering 1) on the rollerD, arranged to operate for pasting one edge of the paper, substantiallyas shown and described,

. I 2. The curved former I, arranged in relation with the uppertension-roller E, for. the purpose of admitting of the folding andpasting of the paper in flat-tube form, as setforth.

3. The ex tensio'n-rodsJ, applied to the formor I and frame A, for thepurpose of adjusting the former I, substantially as set forth.

4. The pressure-rollers h, applied to adjustable bars K K, and arrangedrelatively with the former I, to hold up the edges of the paper sheetpreparatory to the turning over or folding of the same, as shown anddescribed. 5. The adjustable blades L L, arranged and appliedsubstantially as shown and described, in combination with the former I.

6. The adjustable blades n, fitted in swivelbrackets m in adjustablearms 0 on upright shafts N N, substantially in the manner as and for thepurpose specified.

7. The securing of the shafts N, and consequently the bracket-arms 0, inproper position by meanspf the levers P and racks 0, arrangedsubstantially as set forth.

8. The two cylinders Q Q, provided, one, Q, with the grooves r r '1' s sand the cutters t t, and the other, Q, with the bars at pivoted bars 'a'a, wh-ieh are connected to the u u", substantially as and for thepurpose plate S and arranged to operate in the manspeeified. ner as andfor the purpose specified.

9. The stationary or fixed cutter R, in com- 4 bination with the cutterR, attached to the JAMES ARKELL. vibrating plate S, substantially as andfor the Witnesses: purpose set forth. WM. F. MGNAMARA,

10. The loop or guide Y, attached to the ALEX. F; ROBERTS.

